Management of the recipient during operation

Abstract

Kidney transplantation has been performed successfully for over two decades and now lacks the newsworthiness of transplantation of other organs. Yet renal transplantation, when successful, is probably the most satisfying of all transplant procedures and can make remarkable improvements in the health of the patient and growth of the child which cannot at present be achieved by dialysis. In addition, transplantation for end-stage renal disease is much more cost effective than long-term dialysis. In an institution where multiple transplantation operations are performed simultaneously, responsibility for the conduct of the anaesthesia for renal transplantation may have to be delegated to relatively junior anaesthetic staff.